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Title: Kerberos4 KDC AUTH_MSG_KDC_REQUEST NULL termination Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Kerberos4 KDC and Kerberos5 KDC enabled to serve Kerberos4 tickets are vulnerable to a denial of service. The code that services AUTH_MSG_KDC_REQUESTs does not properly check for null-termination.

Affected Products:

  • Cygnus Cygnus Network Security 4.0.0 .x
  • Cygnus KerbNet 5.0.0 .x
  • MIT Kerberos 4 4.0.0 patch 10
  • MIT Kerberos 5 5.0.0 -1.0.x
  • MIT Kerberos 5 5.0.0 -1.1
  • MIT Kerberos 5 5.0.0 -1.1.1

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